Death of a Salesman... [Archive]

Jenson71

11-15-2005, 05:23 PM

Greatest work of American literature we have seen? My vote's a yes.

JBucc

11-15-2005, 05:37 PM

:shrug: never read it

Jenny Gump

11-15-2005, 05:38 PM

Of Mice and Men

Jenson71

11-15-2005, 05:39 PM

:shrug: never read it

Shoot, it's real short. You could read it in a night.

Hammock Parties

11-15-2005, 05:39 PM

My mind immediately said Lord of the Rings but then I realized that's not American.

Is there a list somewhere?

Jenson71

11-15-2005, 05:39 PM

Of Mice and Men

I knew Steinbeck would come up soon, just figured it'd be Grapes instead.

Jenson71

11-15-2005, 05:40 PM

My mind immediately said Lord of the Rings but then I realized that's not American.

Is there a list somewhere?

Probably. Now I'm going to look.

CosmicPal

11-15-2005, 05:40 PM

You really can't get any more American than Grapes of Wrath.

Jenny Gump

11-15-2005, 05:43 PM

What about Huck Finn? One of the greatest...gotta be in the top 5.

CosmicPal

11-15-2005, 05:46 PM

What about Huck Finn? One of the greatest...gotta be in the top 5.

That too.

nychief

11-15-2005, 05:53 PM

First of all it is a dramatic work. Secondly, although good, it is not even the best american play of all time.

chagrin

11-15-2005, 05:54 PM

Greatest work of American literature we have seen? My vote's a yes.

But I said to Artie, "Artie, why does the salesman have to die? Change the title; The life of a salesman. That's what people want to see."

Baby Lee

11-15-2005, 05:56 PM

Bonfire of the Vanities.

Jenson71

11-15-2005, 05:56 PM

First of all it is a dramatic work. Secondly, although good, it is not even the best american play of all time.

Alright, go on. What is?

FloridaChief

11-15-2005, 05:57 PM

You may want to check out "Our Town" by Thorton Wilder for a tremendous American stageplay...

ChiefFripp

11-15-2005, 05:58 PM

I knew Steinbeck would come up soon, just figured it'd be Grapes instead.

I like East of Eden the best .

Jenson71

11-15-2005, 05:58 PM

You may want to check out "Our Town" by Thorton Wilder for a tremendous American stageplay...

Funny you mention that. UNI is putting that on this weekend. And I'll definitely be there.

Hammock Parties

11-15-2005, 06:13 PM

Does anyone in this thread need any grey poupon?

KC Jones

11-15-2005, 06:14 PM

bah - the screen play for anal intruders #17 blows all of those away.

:)

Seriously though, I'd have to consider Heart of Darkness and maybe ... ah crap James Joyce was Irish wasn't he? Never mind.

Reaper16

11-15-2005, 06:41 PM

You may want to check out "Our Town" by Thorton Wilder for a tremendous American stageplay...
I always found "Our Town" incredibly pretentious.

FloridaChief

11-15-2005, 06:57 PM

I always found "Our Town" incredibly pretentious.

No kidding? I always found *myself* incredibly pretentious...

nychief

11-15-2005, 07:13 PM

Alright, go on. What is?

It is a great play, don't get me wrong. But I would put Long Days Journey Into Night, The Iceman Cometh, and Zoo Story ahead of it - but again this is all debatable.

Reaper16

11-15-2005, 07:17 PM

No kidding? I always found *myself* incredibly pretentious...
ROFL

CosmicPal

11-15-2005, 07:20 PM

I think Romo's lastest book is the best American literature ever penned.

:rolleyes:

It is however a must read for crackheads, pimps, homosexual clowns, runaway teens, meth-heads, and professional knife throwers.

FloridaChief

11-15-2005, 07:28 PM

It is a great play, don't get me wrong. But I would put Long Days Journey Into Night, The Iceman Cometh, and Zoo Story ahead of it - but again this is all debatable.

O'Neill's works would certainly be included amongst the best this country's produced. Tennessee Williams as well...

Zoo Story is an interesting choice and I loved it--saw it performed years ago.. Waiting For Godot is the better-known Albee play, but probably too esoteric for consideration...

nychief

11-15-2005, 07:29 PM

O'Neill's works would certainly be included amongst the best this country's produced. Tennessee Williams as well...

Zoo Story is an interesting choice and I loved it--saw it performed years ago.. Waiting For Godot is the better-known Albee play, but probably too esoteric for consideration...

Beckett wrote Waiting for Godot.

Extra Point

11-15-2005, 07:42 PM

Breakfast of Champions--Vonnegut, The Pearl-- Steinbeck, Old Man and the Sea-- Hemingway; all tied. "Cheerdowns" from Death of a Salesman.

FloridaChief

11-15-2005, 07:47 PM

Beckett wrote Waiting for Godot.

You would of course be correct. And so continues my ability to confuse the works of Albee and Beckett, now a good 25-years strong...

Excuse me while I :banghead:

Pants

11-15-2005, 07:59 PM

Ahhh, good ol' DoaS. Read it at least 5 times through out my learning career. A good read, but I pretty much have it memorized by now, lol.

Reaper16

11-15-2005, 09:18 PM

O'Neill's works would certainly be included amongst the best this country's produced. Tennessee Williams as well...

Zoo Story is an interesting choice and I loved it--saw it performed years ago.. Waiting For Godot is the better-known Albee play, but probably too esoteric for consideration...
Waiting for Godot, now there's a work I really enjoy. Beckett's a good man; I enjoyed Endgame as well.

BigRedChief

11-15-2005, 09:43 PM

The great American Novel had already been written long before most of us were born.

John Steinback's Grapes of Wrath

It spoke to all the human yearning for what is right and best in all of us no matter what we faced.

Skip Towne

11-15-2005, 09:54 PM

"Our American Cousin". Especially the 19th century version. It had the most dramatic concluson of any play in American history.

Chiefs Pantalones

11-15-2005, 09:56 PM

I've always been fond of the classic, "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle."